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"He is azed at each other, until finally, he nodded As he opened the cell door, Lachlain cleared his throat and said, "He&039;ll respond best to, uh, physical checks from you"

Physical checks? At her nonplussed expression, he said, "He truly is like a wolf now Just use whatever you know about wolves"

"Got it," she said, placing her bow on the ground near the cell Lucia would growl, scratch, and bite if she had to "Lock up behind me and leave Please"

When Lachlain hesitated, E"

"Verra well," hemy brother back to us"

"I intend to Oh, one thing" She unstrapped her quiver and handed it to E husband with you"

E it "What&039;s this?"

"Potentially thelots of people and gods would kill for" But for ht compared to Garreth

With a s, Emma nodded "I&039;ll do it Good luck, Aunt Luce"

Once Lachlain had locked her within and escorted Eeon, Lucia eased closer to Garreth in the back of the cell "Shhh, Garreth" She reached for him so slowly He still wouldn&039;t look at her, as if it would hurt hierly touched his chest, he flinched, not because of his wounds, but because she pained him

She leaned up close to his ear and whispered, "I&039;ave a stroke down his tense back "I&039; to take care of you"

He openly scented her, probably no more than he ever had before, just more obviously Not that he&039;d tried to hide it when he&039;d buried his face in her hair, inhaling deep

"It&039;s me Lucia," she said softly "I need you back"

Finally he faced her, but he still refused to meet her eyes She wanted hiaze, he ht comprehend that this wasn&039;t a drea her like a ith its paw in a trap, warily, angrily She sensed that any second he&039;d attack

He doesn&039;t think I&039;m real Maybe he did think her his punishradually eased her arhed with pleasure, ainst her "I ain"

The love she felt for this o, Lucia had dreamed of a hearth, a husband, and children Now it struck her that she&039;d always been waiting on this Lykae to help her realize those dreams

"There," she murmured "This isn&039;t so bad, now is it?" His body was tense, thru "Let&039;s just cale hands wrapped around her waist, and he tossed her down to the pallet on the floor As he loomed over her, an animal intent burned in his blue eyes

When he reached for her to claw her jeans from her body, she cried, "Scot, wait!" But she kneouldn&039;t The beast was in control, its iht unnerved her, but if she loved Garreth, then she had to accept this facet of him

So she didn&039;t resist as he sliced her shirt and bra from her, nor when he bit away her panties in a frenzy Her reflex was to close her legs, but he overpowered her, shoving her thighs open He gazed at her naked sex for long rip, surprised at how aroused she&039;d grown

He slowly licked his lips,her whi, suckling hungry The beast was ravenous for its mate

Her exhaustion, her worry for hi all were no s fell wide, and she dug her fingers into his hair, gripping hiht

When the pleasure hit her, she screarowled and licked, she rocked to his wicked tongue again and again until her orgasm finally subsided

Once he tore his mouth from her, he ripped his own jeans away Naked and crazed, he knelt before her His swollen shaft strained toward her, pulsing, the broad head ripped her waist onceher on her hands and knees She twisted around to lie on her back, but he shoved her right back the way he wanted her Spreading her sex with his thumbs, hewith pleasure After her orgas his palth, seating hiave herself up to hi hours of frantic sex had passed, sweating bouts of animalistic pleasure as MacRieve had taken her fro - and biting - Lucia had gotten hihs

Finally, they faced each other Yet even as heinside her, he still hadn&039;t aze "Look athis savoring pace, he thrust deeper, growling as he kneaded her breasts

She bit her lip, fighting to keep her eyes open "Please come back to me" The act was not as crazed -bodies - but it was just as intense Already she was on the edge "I&039;m here, and I need you" When she tried to kiss hi her heated skin

His sweat-slicked chest slid across her nipples, his rigid shaft plunging relentlessly Her claws dug into the taut muscles of his ass as he worked to pleasure her Tension stole through her, coiling tight Head thrashing, she undulated beneath hi around hi wildly

At once, he yelled out, the sound reverberating off the walls around the with each forceful wave Rising up on straightened ar his hips between her spread legs, groaning as he poured hotly inside her

When he collapsed atop her, his heart thundered over hers

Still panting, she grasped his face, tugging him to look at her "Garreth, I&039;m here" He&039;d made love to her Surely he&039;d return now! "Come back to me"

Instead, he averted his eyes and pulled out froed her to hiued from her earlier trials, and now exhausted by his ht of his arm

While he slumbered, she strove not to cry I&039;ve failed She couldn&039;t bring him back He would&039;ve been better off if he had never found her

When she carefully slid out frorowl in sleep, but he didn&039;t wake Sitting with her back against the cool stone, she gazed up at the ceiling, eyes watering Her efforts not to cry - and not to give up - continued, but she waged a losing battle

She&039;d just been so certain that Garreth would recognize her, had been so sure that the reason no Lykae came back from this beastly state was that they&039;d never had a new reason to Mourned mates never came back from the brink - but she had

Yet Garreth lay unaware I couldn&039;t save hi his head in her lap When he eazed down at hi behind his lids, hiskilling her? Would he relive it over and over again?

She loved hi hi struck outside as a tear fell, followed by another and another She couldn&039;t ste to "I ant you b-back, Scot," she murmured as she wept "I need you so much And I c-couldn&039;t save you" Soon she cried too hard to speak, sobbing with herhim, her teardrops fell -

"Lousha?" he rasped

She stilled, everytense "G-Garreth?" She stared down at hi his cheek

Now he frowned "Canna have you cryin&039;," he vacantly muttered

"Just stay withthe back of her hand over her face

"Want you, Lousha Sohis head, he gazed up, finally old and back "My Lousha Drea ainst her "What is this?" He sat upright, separating his body fro cold, bereft "You&039;re dead," he bit out, his eyes tormented